清宫连台本戏《铁旗阵》演出情况载录订误

Collating the Records of the Performance of the“Array of Iron Flag”in the Qing Dynasty’s Liantai Opera

《清升平署存档事例漫抄》《清升平署志略》两书,是为后人研究清代宫廷戏曲必看之书目。碍于当时客观条件所限,两书中关于清宫连台本戏《铁旗阵》演出情况的载录存在错讹和遗漏。具体有三个方面:一是两书记为咸丰五年的这次演出,实际演出时间应为咸丰六年至咸丰七年;二是后书记为光绪二十三年的这次演出,实际演出时间应为前书所记之光绪三十二年;三是两书皆记《铁旗阵》曾演四次,翻阅《中国国家图书馆藏清宫升平署档案集成》等书中所载,可知清宫内廷实际曾经六次搬演《铁旗阵》,具体为道光朝四次、咸丰朝一次、光绪朝一次。

A Copy of the Archive Cases of Shengping Office of the Qing Dynasty and A Brief Introduction to Shengping Office of the Qing Dynasty are the necessary books for later generations to study palace opera in the Qing Dynasty.Due to objective limitations of the times,there are some mistakes and omissions in the records regarding the performance of the“Array of Iron Flag”in the two books.Specifically,these deficiencies are reflected in three aspects.The first relates to the actual time of performance,which should fall between the sixth and seventh year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign rather than the stated fifth year.Second,the latter book recorded the performance in the 23rd year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign,while the actual performance time should be the 32nd year of Emperor Guangxu’s reign as recorded in the first book.The third is that both of the two books recorded that the“Array of Iron Flag”had been performed four times.However,after probing into the Integrated Book Archives of Shengping Office of the Qing Dynasty in the National Library of China,it can be seen that the imperial court of the Qing Dynasty actually performed this episode six times,specifically,four times during the reign of Emperor Daoguang,one time during the reign of Emperor Xianfeng and one time during the reign of Emperor Guangxu.